SLEEVE LABELING MACHINE AND SLEEVE LABELING DEVICE THEREOF

• US 20200130882A1
• Filed: 10/09/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/24/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hardgoods Company
• Original Assignee: Hardgoods Company
• Inventors: WU, CHIN-TSAI
• Granted Patent: US 11,136,157 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B65C 2009/1834 Details of cutting means
• CPC Class Codes: B65C 3/065 by placing tubular labels around the container applying preformed tubular sheathings of plastics in general B29C63/18; applying protective covers to closures B67B5/03
• CPC Class Codes: B65C 3/10 the container being positioned for labelling with its centre-line horizontal
• CPC Class Codes: B65C 9/1803 the labels being cut from a strip
• CPC Class Codes: B65C 9/38 Label cooling or drying

Abstract

A sleeve labeling machine has a work platform, a feeding unit, a conveying unit, a sleeve labeling device and a hot drying device. The feeding unit holds objects to be sleeved with labels. The conveying unit conveys the objects provided by feeding unit. The sleeve labeling device has a first guiding wheel assembly, a second guiding wheel assembly and a rotary cutter assembly. The first guiding wheel assembly and the second guiding wheel assembly guide the label to a predetermined position, the rotary cutter assembly cuts the label at the predetermined position into a first segment label and a second segment label, and before the second segment label is sleeved to the objects, the second guiding wheel assembly guides the second segment label to move, so that the first and second segment labels have a segment gap therebetween. The hot drying device performs a hot drying shrinkage operation.

Claims

1. A sleeve labeling device, comprising:

a base;

a central guide column, allocated on the base, the central guide column comprises a column body and a mold connected to the column body;

a first guiding wheel assembly, allocated on one side of the base, the first guiding wheel assembly comprises a first guiding wheel and a second guiding wheel, both of which are allocated along a first axial direction, and the column body is allocated between the first guiding wheel and the second guiding wheel; and

a second guiding wheel assembly, allocated on another side of the base, the second guiding wheel assembly comprises a third guiding wheel and a fourth guiding wheel, both of which are allocated along a second axial direction, the first axial direction is not parallel to the second axial direction, and the mold is allocated between the third guiding wheel and the fourth guiding wheel.

2. The sleeve labeling device according to claim 1, wherein the third guiding wheel has a first groove which has an opening facing to the mold, the fourth guiding wheel has second groove which has an opening facing to the mold, when the first guiding wheel assembly and the second guiding wheel assembly guide the label from the column body to the mold, the first groove and the second groove respectively form a first fold line and a second fold line on the label.

3. The sleeve labeling device according to claim 2, wherein the sleeve labeling device further comprises a third guiding wheel assembly allocated on the base, the second guiding wheel assembly is disposed between the third guiding wheel assembly and the first guiding wheel assembly, the third guiding wheel assembly comprises a fifth guiding wheel and a sixth guiding wheel, both of which are allocated along the first axial direction, and the mold is disposed between the fifth guiding wheel and the sixth guiding wheel, the fifth guiding wheel has a third groove which has an opening facing to the mold, the sixth guiding wheel has a fourth groove which has an opening facing to the mold, when the first guiding wheel assembly, the second guiding wheel assembly and the third guiding wheel assembly guide the label from the column body to the mold, the third groove and the fourth groove respectively form a third fold line and a fourth fold line on the label, and the first fold line, the second fold line, the third fold line and the fourth fold line are not overlapped.

4. The sleeve labeling device according to claim 3, wherein the first guiding wheel assembly comprises a first adjustment unit, the third guiding wheel assembly comprises a second adjustment unit, the first adjustment unit adjusts a gap between the first guiding wheel and the second guiding wheel, and the second adjustment unit adjusts a gap between the fifth guiding wheel and the sixth guiding wheel.

5. The sleeve labeling device according to claim 1, wherein the sleeve labeling device further comprises an auxiliary wheel assembly allocated on the base, the first guiding wheel assembly is disposed between the auxiliary wheel assembly and the second guiding wheel assembly, the auxiliary wheel assembly comprises a first auxiliary wheel and a second auxiliary wheel, both of which are allocated along the second axial direction, and the column body is disposed between the first auxiliary wheel and the second auxiliary wheel.

6. The sleeve labeling device according to claim 1, wherein the sleeve labeling device further comprises a plate body allocated on the base, the plate body extends along first axial direction and away from the base, the plate body comprises a first surface and a second surface being opposite to the first surface, the first surface faces to the first guiding wheel assembly, the second surface faces to the second guiding wheel assembly, the central guide column penetrates from the first surface to the second surface and is disposed through the plate body.

7. The sleeve labeling device according to claim 6, wherein the sleeve labeling device further comprises a rotary cutter assembly allocated on the plate body, the rotary cutter assembly comprises a rotating wheel and cutters allocated on the rotating wheel, the cutters surround the central guide column, when the first guiding wheel assembly and the second guiding wheel assembly guides the label to a predetermined position, the cutters cuts the label at the predetermined position.

8. The sleeve labeling device according to claim 7, wherein the sleeve labeling device further comprises a driving assembly allocated on the plate body, the driving assembly comprises a motor, a drive wheel and a drive belt, wherein the drive belt is sleeved to the drive wheel and the rotating wheel of the rotary cutter assembly, the motor drives the drive wheel to rotate and drive the drive belt, so that the drive belt drives the rotating wheel to rotate, and the cutters of the rotary cutter assembly rotates in respect to the central guide column.

9. The sleeve labeling device according to claim 1, wherein the sleeve labeling device further comprises a carrier platform movably disposed on the base and near the mold of the central guide column, the carrier platform comprises carriers, and each of the carriers has housing space for accommodating an object to be sleeved with the label.

10. The sleeve labeling device according to claim 9, wherein each of the carriers comprises a first carrying part and a second carrying part, the first carrying part has a first bevel surface, a second bevel surface and a first bottom concave surface being adjacent to and between the first bevel surface and the second bevel surface, the first bevel surface and the second bevel surface tilt away from each other, the second carrying part has a third bevel surface, a fourth bevel surface and a second bottom concave surface being adjacent to and between the third bevel surface and the fourth bevel surface, the third bevel surface and the fourth bevel surface tilt away from each other, and the third bevel surface and the fourth bevel surface expand outward from the first bevel surface and the second bevel surface to the central guide column, the second bottom concave surface expands outward from the first bottom concave surface to the central guide column, and the first bevel surface, the second bevel surface, the first bottom concave surface, the third bevel surface, the fourth bevel surface and the second bottom concave surface define the housing space.

11. A sleeve labeling machine, comprising:

the sleeve labeling device according to claim 1;

a work platform;

a feeding unit, allocated on the work platform, configured to carry objects to be sleeved with labels;

a conveying unit, allocated on the work platform and one side of the feeding unit, and the mold is disposed adjacent to the conveying unit;

a hot drying device, allocated on the work platform and on one side of the conveying unit.

12. The sleeve labeling machine according to claim 11, wherein the sleeve labeling machine comprises a pre-shrinking device allocated on the work platform and between the sleeve labeling device and the hot drying device.